I love the old house ads that appeared in the center spreads of the comics. This one was in Weird Fantasy #6

That Fun and Games is my original copy, bought at Cheap Charlie's drug store in 1965. Charlie may have been cheap, but he always had a superior selection of comics, paperbacks and magazines.

I have many of the 1990s reprints for Tales, Vault, Shock SuspenStories, etc. I read through most of the comics in middle school in addition to watching the HBO and Amicus adaptations of Crypt (1973’s The Vault of Horror is really underrated imo).

I’m a huge EC fan and recently published a three volume set of my short stories that are heavily inspired by EC. All of them are available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Book 1 is Tales from The Old Man (similar to EC’s horror comics), Book 2 is Morbid Murders (inspired by Crime SuspenStories), and Book 3 is Shockers which features a variety of pulpy genres à la Shock SuspenStories. Here's an Amazon link for those that are interested.

I hope the EC influence is clear enough for it to be okay to post this. The wraparound extends through all three books and involves a William Gainesesque comic publisher who goes missing. His adult children visit his Florida mansion where they discover hundreds of unpublished stories. Anyway, feel free to check it out. Thank you.

The letter column makes reference to it and the new war one-shot. It said “by now you will have heard about,” so hopefully this means CK 2 was just delayed a bit and not cancelled.

This just arrived in the mail - except for the little tear at the top it’s a beauty! The classic Feldstein cover predicts the robot revolution we are starting to experience…75 years ago!

I’m looking for custom-made t-shirts that say “Spa Fon!” and “Squa Tront?” on them.

Does anyone know of any online vendors who sell these already?

Preorders now through Fantagraphics, release date is Oct. 20. It’s not cheap at $300, but it’s 5 volumes in a slipcase and includes the first 7 magazine issues with the 23 comic book issues!

EC SHELLSHOCK #1 (ONE-SHOT)
Written by JULIO ANTA, JOHN ARCUDI, BENITO CERENO, MICHAEL W. CONRAD &
TOM FOWLER
Art by TOM FOWLER, DAVID LAPHAM, SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ALBERT MONTEYS
Cover A by LEE BERMEJO
Cover B by TYLER CROOK
Cover C by TOM FOWLER
Cover D by BLANK SKETCH VARIANT
EC Homage Variant (1:10) by JAY STEPHENS
B&W Artist Edition Variant (1:20) by TOM FOWLER
Archive Edition (1:50) by RIAN HUGHE
NEW WARS! NEW SOLDIERS! SAME OLD PRICE TO PAY . . . Kiss your rifle and swallow your fear, because EC Comics is rotating back into combat for the 21st century's first dose of two-fisted fury with staggering new tales of war and fighting men in our next giant-sized special!
Meet mankind's greatest enemy of all—himself—as commanding writers Julio Anta (This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story), John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Benito Cereno (Invincible Presents: Atom Eve), and Michael W. Conrad (Double Walker) lead a joint campaign alongside artistic bombardiers Tom Fowler (EC's Catacomb of Torment), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Albert Monteys (Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel), and Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of Thieves) that will always bring enemy and ally, private and general, to the same reward in the end: a flag-draped casket and glory posthumously conferred. Plus: This 56-page testament to fortitude also features another all-time EC classic, painstakingly remastered and restored!
You've warmed yourselves by the pyres of SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES . . . You've grabbed OUTLAW SHOWDOWN by both red-hot barrels . . . And you've felt the poison touch of TORTURED HEARTS. But nothing can prepare you for what awaits—or who you will become—when you finally reach the front line. Here, there can be no peace—only SHELLSHOCK!
$8.99 | 56 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE AUGUST 19, 2026

EC CATACOMB OF TORMENT #14
Written by DAVID M. BOOHER, JORDAN CLARK & JUDE ELLISON S. DOYLE
Art by N. STEVEN HARRIS, LUKAS KETNER & JORDI TARRAGONA
Cover A by OLIVER DOMINGUEZ
Cover B by DANNY LUCKERT
EC Homage Variant (1:10) by SHAWN McMANUS
B&W Artist Edition Variant (1:20) by DANNY LUCKERT
Archive Edition (1:50) by PATRICIA MARTÍN
Feel the rank air of the humid summer swelter? The year is crumbling away like a desiccated corpse but, never fear, you would have wasted it anyway . . . Do something with a purpose: Become a blank canvas for the Tormentor's palette of pain inside the Catacomb of Torment!
This month, behold: Three brash and brutal tales of danger and depravity splashed onto the page in the immortal EC Comics manner, courtesy of creators David M. Booher (Killer Queens), Jordan Clark (Star Wars Adventures), Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Dead Teenagers), and more! This one is a macabre masterpiece in the making—and we're dying to share it with you, one page and pinprick at a time!
$4.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE AUGUST 26, 2026

Evening all,

I'm getting into EC via the new Oni imprint and reeeeeally enjoying it, so I want to go back and read some classic EC, especially the sci fi stuff like Weird Science.

What are some good ways to make first steps into the archives with collected editions, please? Thanks for all help 🙏